Changes

A group of dissident members has been seeking a federal investigation of ACORN for alleged criminal violations stemming from an embezzlement scheme that has rocked the organization since 2008. They call themselves The Acorn 8. On January 7, 2009, they released a 24-page document demanding federal investigators to look into fraud, embezzlement and conspiracy charges, and criminal civil rights violations in relation to the embezzlement of around $1 million from the accounts and an alleged cover-up of the theft for nearly a decade. This stems from a dispute within ACORN since disclosure in June that Dale Rathke, brother of ACORN co-founder and former Chief Organizer Wade Rathke, embezzled $948,000. <ref> [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_606173.html Ousted ACORN members seek federal criminal investigation]Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 8, 2009 </ref>

A group of dissident members has been seeking a federal investigation of ACORN for alleged criminal violations stemming from an embezzlement scheme that has rocked the organization since 2008. They call themselves The Acorn 8. On January 7, 2009, they released a 24-page document demanding federal investigators to look into fraud, embezzlement and conspiracy charges, and criminal civil rights violations in relation to the embezzlement of around $1 million from the accounts and an alleged cover-up of the theft for nearly a decade. This stems from a dispute within ACORN since disclosure in June that Dale Rathke, brother of ACORN co-founder and former Chief Organizer Wade Rathke, embezzled $948,000. <ref> [http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_606173.html Ousted ACORN members seek federal criminal investigation]Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, January 8, 2009 </ref>

ACORN 8 members, however, have claimed the embezzlement is a sign of a deeper problems within the organization. They created a counter website to address the disputes they have with ACORN. <ref> [http://www.acorn-8.net/ Acorn 8 website] </ref> Marcel Reid, who is the D.C. Acorn Chair and member of the Acorn 8, has gone on Fox News to explain her story along with others. <ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520671,00.html Twists and Turns of ACORN's Finances]Fox News, May 18, 2009 </ref> <ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519834,00.html Former ACORN Board Members Speak Out]Fox News, May 11, 2009 </ref>

ACORN 8 members, however, have claimed the embezzlement is a sign of a deeper problems within the organization. They created a counter website to address the disputes they have with ACORN. <ref> [http://www.acorn-8.net/ Acorn 8 website] </ref> Marcel Reid, who is the D.C. Acorn Chair and member of the Acorn 8, has gone on [[Fox News]] to explain her story along with others. <ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,520671,00.html Twists and Turns of ACORN's Finances]Fox News, May 18, 2009 </ref> <ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519834,00.html Former ACORN Board Members Speak Out]Fox News, May 11, 2009 </ref>

==2010 United States census==

==2010 United States census==